Janitor jailed for secret video in school restroom

Angel Rojas booking photo COURTESY OF THE ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

SANTA ANA – A school janitor was sentenced Tuesday to 270 days in jail for hiding a video camera inside a women's bathroom stall at an elementary school, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.

A jury found Angel Rojas, 25, of Corona guilty last week of one misdemeanor count each of disorderly conduct for secretly filming another and child annoyance.

Superior Court Judge James Crandall also sentenced Rojas to serve three years' probation, pay $7,000 in fines and register as a sex offender for life.

While working as a janitor on July 16, 2012, at Glenn L. Martin Elementary School in Santa Ana, Rojas locked several of the women's bathrooms and directed women and children into a specific bathroom where he had hidden an iPod Nano equipped with a video recorder, prosecutors said.

A woman who worked for a summer school program found the device in the restroom stall. The Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department investigated the case and discovered one video recording of the woman in the bathroom and arrested Rojas, prosecutors said.

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